Quiz: Who invented what?
1. Match the inventors in A with their inventions in B.
| А | B |
| Thomas Edison | the steam engine |
| Sir Alexander Fleming | |
| Alexander Graham Bell | the light bulb |
| The Wright brothers | penicillin |
| James Watt | the Internet (WWW) |
| Mark Zuckerberg | the telephone |
| Tim Berners-Lee | the airplane |
2. Work in groups. Discuss the question: Which invention is more useful?
Example:
A: The invention of the airplane is very important because it has changed the way people travel and transport goods around the world.
B: You are right. But I think the invention of penicillin is more useful because it has saved lots of lives.
C: .....
3a. Ha had an interesting dream last night in which she met and interviewed Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone.
Ha: When and where were you born?
Bell: I was born in 1847 in Scotland.
Ha: And did you go to school in Scotland?
Bell: Yes, I went to the Royal High School.
Ha: What subject did you like best?
Bell: I always liked sciences, especially biology.
Ha: Did you go to university?
Bell: Yes, I went to Edinburgh University, and then to the University of London.
Ha: And what did you do after that?
Bell: I taught the deaf-mute in Boston, USA.
Ha: When did you invent the telephone?
Bell: Well, I invented the telephone quite by chance in 1876 when I made a mistake while doing an experiment …
Ha: How interesting!
b. Two days later, Ha told her friend what Alexander Bell said. Now report what Ha told her friend, using reported speech.
Example: Alexander Bell said that he had gone to the Royal High School.
1._______________________________________________________________
2._______________________________________________________________
3._______________________________________________________________
4. Work in pairs. One of you is a reporter, and the other is Tim Berners-Lee. Role-play, using the information given.
Tim Berners-Lee: British scientist, inventor of the Internet
• born 8 June 1955 - London
• 1973 - 1976: Oxford University
• 1978: joined company called D. G. Nash
• 1990: built first Web browser
• 6 August 1991: first website put online
